6. Then the Pharisees left and made plans with the Herodians about a way to kill Jesus.
7. Jesus went away with his followers to the lake. A large crowd of people from Galilee followed them.
8. Many also came from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from the area across the Jordan River, and from the area around Tyre and Sidon. These people came because they heard about all that Jesus was doing.
9. Jesus saw how many people there were, so he told his followers to get a small boat and make it ready for him. He wanted the boat so that the crowds of people could not push against him.
10. He had healed many of them, so all the sick people were pushing toward him to touch him.
11. Some people had evil spirits inside them. When the evil spirits saw Jesus, they bowed before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!”
12. But Jesus gave the spirits a strong warning not to tell anyone who he was.
13. Then Jesus went up on a hill and invited those he wanted to go with him. So they joined him there.